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![Gisborne letters on reducing fossil fuel use, pet poisonings, land use rule](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Gisborne letters on reducing fossil fuel use, pet poisonings, land use rule
Gisborne letters on reducing fossil fuel use, pet poisonings, land use rules.
![Letters: Self-defence laws and criminal accountability](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Letters: Self-defence laws and criminal accountability
OPINION: 'There is a surprising lack of personal accountability in this country.'
![Gisborne letters on Hear4U, Grey St, flooding risk, council's land management plans](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Gisborne letters on Hear4U, Grey St, flooding risk, council's land management plans
Gisborne letters on Hear4U, Grey St, flooding risk, council's land management plans.
![Letters: Bureaucracy gone mad on Aratere grounding inquiries](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Letters: Bureaucracy gone mad on Aratere grounding inquiries
OPINION: 'The waka-jumping law is more democratic as it puts the rights of voters first.'
![Letters: Tolls, targeted rates a small price to pay for decent infrastructure](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Letters: Tolls, targeted rates a small price to pay for decent infrastructure
OPINION: Also in today's letters – parenting and the state; 'reckless' remote inspections.
![Letters: Greens right to banish Darleen Tana, selecting overseas All Blacks](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Letters: Greens right to banish Darleen Tana, selecting overseas All Blacks
OPINION: 'Let’s face it, the game has become boring. Rule changes anyone?'
![Gisborne letters on Grey St 'Streets for People' changes, woody debris build-up at bridges](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Gisborne letters on Grey St 'Streets for People' changes, woody debris build-up at bridges
Gisborne letters: For and against Grey St 'Streets for People' changes.
![Letters: Power companies switch common decency for profit](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Letters: Power companies switch common decency for profit
OPINION: 'Is this a society that we can be proud of?'
![Letters: Leave Western Springs Stadium untouched; higher speeds don't defeat traffic](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Letters: Leave Western Springs Stadium untouched; higher speeds don't defeat traffic
OPINION: 'That is not what ratepayers expect of their council.'
![Gisborne letters on defending academic freedom, sorting Grey St and Cook Strait ferries](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Gisborne letters on defending academic freedom, sorting Grey St and Cook Strait ferries
Gisborne letters on academic freedom, Grey St and Cook Strait ferries.
![Gisborne letters about boot camps, Wairoa flooding, Grey St](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Gisborne letters about boot camps, Wairoa flooding, Grey St
Gisborne letters about boot camps, Wairoa flooding, Grey St, Gaza war.
![Letters: Stressed teachers and primary school testing; blunting bullying in schools](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Letters: Stressed teachers and primary school testing; blunting bullying in schools
OPINION: We currently have a highly-stressed teacher workforce .
![Letters: Ardern era was never going to last](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Letters: Ardern era was never going to last
OPINION: 'New Zealanders are by and large a conservative bunch.'
![Gisborne letters: Wairoa river issues, anti-progress, carbon capture, Grey St](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Gisborne letters: Wairoa river issues, anti-progress, carbon capture, Grey St
Our readers write in with their views.
![Letters: Forget fines for street racers – impound their cars instead](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Letters: Forget fines for street racers – impound their cars instead
OPINION: 'I suspect a number of them already have unpaid fines.'
![Letters: Lauren Dickason deserves our compassion](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Letters: Lauren Dickason deserves our compassion
OPINION: 'The sentence humanely and realistically deals with this terrible situation.'
![Letters: Live animal exports cruel; USA not okay based on debate](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Letters: Live animal exports cruel; USA not okay based on debate
OPINION: 'The people of the USA have no one but themselves to blame.'
![Letters: Fans soaked watching Blues win; killer mum's sentence appalling](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Letters: Fans soaked watching Blues win; killer mum's sentence appalling
OPINION: 'Her experience is not as a grease monkey, but at debating.'
![Letters: Wairoa, Gisborne mayors deserve honours](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Letters: Wairoa, Gisborne mayors deserve honours
OPINION: Craig Little and Rehette Stoltz have shown dignity, strength and mana.
![Letters: Nordic nonsense for NZ; Dame Patsy Reddy’s disservice to All Blacks fans](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Letters: Nordic nonsense for NZ; Dame Patsy Reddy’s disservice to All Blacks fans
OPINION: 'Is it any wonder we have a rising crime rate.'
![Letters: Lauren Dickason tried under outdated laws](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Letters: Lauren Dickason tried under outdated laws
OPINION: 'Ironically, Dickason would probably have been found not guilty in South Africa.'